A holiday period that includes one or more of the days preceding or following a weekend, in addition to the Saturday and Sunday.
we went to Paris for a long weekend
Example sentencesExamples
Ireland's capital city makes a good destination for a long weekend city break.
Once I leave here this evening, I'm on a long weekend and won't be back in the office until Tuesday.
I'd been concerned about getting as far as possible before the dreaded long weekend traffic blocked up all the roads, but it just didn't seem to happen this weekend.
I was spending a long weekend in Skegness.
We got a lovely invite from my cousin to go up to Wales for the Easter long weekend.
The long weekend began with gorgeous weather as thousands were flocking out of the city.
The temptation to spend idyllic long weekends in the British countryside is enough to get most of us dragging suitcases out of the loft.
I'm off to the beaches for a long weekend.
New Zealanders flock here for long weekends and nominate it as the city they'd most like to live in.
We're enjoying last-minute long weekends in Barcelona and Paris with increasing regularity.
Definition of long weekend in US English:
long weekend
noun
A vacation period that includes one or more of the days preceding or following a weekend, in addition to the Saturday and Sunday.
we went to Paris for a long weekend
Example sentencesExamples
I'd been concerned about getting as far as possible before the dreaded long weekend traffic blocked up all the roads, but it just didn't seem to happen this weekend.
I was spending a long weekend in Skegness.
New Zealanders flock here for long weekends and nominate it as the city they'd most like to live in.
Ireland's capital city makes a good destination for a long weekend city break.
I'm off to the beaches for a long weekend.
We're enjoying last-minute long weekends in Barcelona and Paris with increasing regularity.
We got a lovely invite from my cousin to go up to Wales for the Easter long weekend.
The temptation to spend idyllic long weekends in the British countryside is enough to get most of us dragging suitcases out of the loft.
The long weekend began with gorgeous weather as thousands were flocking out of the city.
Once I leave here this evening, I'm on a long weekend and won't be back in the office until Tuesday.